Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Judith Gautier

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 25, 2024

1. Judith Gautier Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Judith Gautier de l'Académie Goncourt
Poète, écrivain, auteur dramatique
a vécu dans cette maison de 1872-1917

(English translation:)
Judith Gautier of the Academie Goncourt - poet, author, and playwright - lived in this building from 1872 to 1917.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is December 26, 1917.

Location. 48° 52.406′ N, 2° 18.213′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule. It is at the intersection of Rue Washington and Rue Lammenais, on the right when traveling north on Rue Washington. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 30 Rue Washington, Paris, Île-de-France 75008, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker: Raimu (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Patrice de Bellaigue (about 90 meters away); Siégé de le Gouvernement de Catalogne en Exil / Seat of the Catalonian Government in Exile (about 150 meters away); Thomas Jefferson (about 210 meters away); Robert Birlinger (about 210 meters away); Henri Harpignies (about 210 meters away); Albert Santos Dumont (1873-1932) (about 210 meters away); André Prochasson (about 240 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . .
1. Judith Gautier (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Judith Gautier (25 August 1845, Paris – 26 December 1917) was a French poet, translator and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi.

She was married to Catulle Mendès, but soon separated from him and had a brief affair with the composer Richard Wagner during the late summer of 1876. She collaborated with Pierre Loti, the famous novelist, in writing a play, La fille du ciel (1912; English, The Daughter of Heaven), translated and produced under
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 25, 2024

2. Judith Gautier Marker - wide view
their personal supervision at the Century Theatre, New York City. She was an Oriental scholar and her works dealt mainly with Chinese and Japanese themes. Her translations were among the earliest to bring Chinese and Japanese poetry to the attention of modern European poets. She was a member of the Académie Goncourt (1910–17).

(Submitted on April 8, 2024.)

2. Gautier, Judith (1845–1917) (Encyclopedia.com).

Overview: French writer and Orientalist who was the first female member of the Académie Goncourt.

(Submitted on April 8, 2024.)

Judith Gautier image. Click for full size.

Photographed by John Singer Sargent (via Wikipedia Commons), 1885

3. Judith Gautier

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 8, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.